Tag: Climate change

• Monday, June 19th 2023 - 10:02 UTC

  Swiss voters fearing melting glaciers vote to become carbon neutral by 2050

  

  Swiss voters on Sunday supported a new climate bill aimed at combating the melting glaciers and requiring the country to become carbon neutral by 2050. Leading Swiss glaciologist Matthias Huss, who has closely followed the glaciers' decline, tweeted that a “strong signal” had been sent, adding he was ”very happy the arguments of climate science were heard.

• Thursday, June 8th 2023 - 15:57 UTC

  Pre COP 28 summit exposes deep differences and frustrations

  

  Diplomats from around the globe are meeting in the German city of Bonn this week to level out plans that are key to global efforts to stop the planet heating and to adapt to violent weather conditions.

• Monday, June 5th 2023 - 13:11 UTC

  EU farmers refuse to accept plans to restore drained peat-lands, taken over by agriculture

  

  European Union farmers and conservative lawmakers are up in arms against landmark nature legislation meant to bolster the bloc's green transition and prevent vital ecosystems and species from being wiped out due to climate change.

• Wednesday, May 24th 2023 - 09:59 UTC

  China and Brazil reaffirm stronger partnership, Brazilian envoy in Beijing

  

  Brazil and China are set to embrace a higher state of solid partnership, and the two sides have shown a strong commitment to bolstering bilateral trade, cooperation in aviation and high-tech sectors, and response to climate change, said the country's top envoy to Beijing.

• Friday, May 19th 2023 - 10:49 UTC

  Natural lakes and reservoirs worldwide drying up, Science magazine

  

  Natural lakes and reservoirs worldwide are consistently losing water content, according to an international research team that published their findings in the journal Science. Allegedly global warming and human activity are the chief culprits.

• Saturday, May 6th 2023 - 11:00 UTC

  Latin America needs to take climate change seriously, says Moody's

  

  According to a Moody's Analytics report published this week, Latin America will lose productivity to climate change if it does not take swift action. The document titled “Latin America under the risk of climate change” explained that governments, companies, and financial institutions should adopt preventive measures to reduce carbon emissions, in order to mitigate eventual damages caused by climate change.

• Thursday, May 4th 2023 - 10:15 UTC

  Latin America lost over 39 million hectares of forests

  

  Agriculture has taken its toll on Latin American forests, particularly in South America's two largest countries. Argentina reached 444,535 hectares deforested to prioritize crops and cattle feeding.

• Wednesday, May 3rd 2023 - 10:58 UTC

  Shortage of rain water threatens Panama Canal crossings forcing ships to reduce their draft and cargoes

  

  Insufficient rainfall has once again forced the Panama Canal to reduce the draft of ships crossing through the inter-oceanic route – another episode of the water supply crisis that threatens the future of the maritime course that handles 6% of global maritime trade

• Wednesday, April 12th 2023 - 11:00 UTC

  IEA insists increasing fossil fuel production contradicts goals to stop global warming

  

  Fatih Birol, head of the powerful International Energy Agency, (IEA),, the Paris-based organization led by the energy ministers of mostly rich countries, has warned that companies that increase fossil fuel production are contradicting goals to stop the planet warming.

• Tuesday, April 4th 2023 - 09:23 UTC

  Brazil launches platform to spot climate vulnerable terrain

  

  Brazil's Ministry of Integration and Regional Development (MIDR) and Microsoft do Brasil Monday launched the ClimaAdapt platform, a tool that uses public data from different environmental agencies to identify regions nationwide particularly vulnerable to extreme weather events, Agencia Brasil reported.